The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-08-21

BALTNTETg's
,i0KGAN'S AtonI>4.


star ltb ono NdN iit- week from Gap.
-y v Bard about the daN- when no
went 'Cha-iig after Nosgnu' has
boon the tombstone 10 % fund % rem
mi ccucc that has lain dormant In The
lnn,rmOsiucss If many "AuD.d Cam.
paigncr' Tor 10, these many yenrs.
Mr.. George Hunt. Of Mount Healthy
detailed some of his experiences ana
rCco.lcc.iOf- OF "thcm there war
time last evening, most OF which
arc mdicrous enough now, and whose
funny ri .ew' even appreciated thcn,
although everybody ndmit- that these
were powerful skccry' times, when
the Knees Of the bot men -mOtc to-
gcthcr with tie dread announcement
that ran like wild fire through the
Viia9c, "MOrgan's a. coinin''
Mr.. Hunt is fluent talkcr, and Is
post -cd OF y ready memory, and The
happenings he portrayed were vivid
and picturesque.
II remember the day very well, y no
said, "when Capt. ~yl. Bard ana his
troops came through here. Why we
thought they were sono Of Morgan's
mcnAt first, and it made IA fellow feel
mighty criukly, and | can tell you.
You know Mr. Philip Dom WI. then
doing some work for the government
citing out ambulanccs. And If
Morgan had come through here you
cau depend upon il, Mr.. Dom's shop
would nave gone up 10 tire and smoke.
Hut fortunately he had lust shipped
al his completed ambuluccs, and was
then just T. tting out tie material for
another contract. remember that it
was reported that Morgan was at
burlington, just above here. And
PMlip toOk uP some ilporiug aud hid
h.- iron away. Then he aud / went
ont into the pike, acres there. and
looked up the rOhd toward Burliug-
;pn. troop OF hor-Cmcn were seen
coming through the toiigatc from
the north
"'Py cot. there they come said
iullip. ANA thought so, too. They
ha,ted lust below town, ard presently
turcc or four rode Oh ancad and the
t-t followed.
''Thcy'rc coming up % demand the
surrender of the town, exclaimed
ONE one. Shaky We'll, you can de-
pend upOnit, we were shaky. know
felt as though my kuces would -mitc
together. Wei, they came on mp, and
We we're relieved to lind that they
were / Mon soldiers, and that John
Morgan had already passed ON To the
nOrtnch-t, houy pursued by llob,on,
Captain Bard was en- his way back to
town.
"liut tho tunulCst thing and scene
will never forget, was the rccounOit-
cripg of Joe Wright and En- Ammor-
man. Early that morning they had
mounted horses aud gone over about
brocsbcCk TO see where Morgan was.
Pretty soon here they came, pcll-mell
coming 30 iHst that the tails like TO
have dropped oil their horses. They
were She most excited men YOU ever
saw. OF course we all crowded
around In n moment.
d" Morgan's comingn said Joe, 'aud
he'll be here right away We've seen
them Now, gentlemen, | would nd
wise thai If they come in here and
demand the surrender OF the town
that W. surrender without any rcsiet.
aucc for they'll burn the town down
a. sure ~ we do.'
wen, we couldn't have done much
else nuy way, But they hadn't seen
Morgan. IL was llUb-on's men in
pursuit that they SAW. I'm Ammcr-
man came down home. He lived
right next door there, aad, gathering
up Lot OF his books and papers, he
came aud lung them over in our yard
and said to my wife: "l'hcre. Caroline
you take care of them Tor me- But
what can do? she snid. II they
burn our house they'll burn ours
We'll, do the best you can said he. |
am going TO leave. Come no said to
~ wife, ana they got IN his buggy
and away they went. Guess they
went over to tho Wiuton road some
whoro till the trouble was over.
Wen, sir, | remember little
Tennessee -Oldier who was with Hob
sons men that cowed this whole town.
Tie had been sent out TO secure
horsc- Morgan had taken all the
best one he could find, aud llobsou's
men lust about cleaned out the rest.
We'll hi, little fellow had taken one
OF hrs. Compton, horses, and WAS
coming through town with il in
search gilmore An effort was made
10 make him give IL up. II happened
over on Harrison street, in front of
where the old Presbyterian church
Used to stand. There must have been
goo or 800 people about him. There
he sat on his horse rs cool as could
be. / remember that squire Biz
Eobinsou aud John llankins were
hot and they wcrc the spoke
The fellow would not give up the
horse, Finally Bin Robinson said.
Wei, Amt there men enough in
this.town to walk up and tako that
Aor-y; aud he made move TO grab
the reins. The little fellow reached
down To his side and pulled out q
great big revolver and lust swuug il
around at the crowd witha sweep and
said, Don't do II. III shoot The first
man that attempts it" Aud. sir, that
whole crowd was more respectful
after that. Then tho boy explained
that he had orders from tho COM
mandcr TO take Il horse wherever he
found il, and that Ae could give re